Cadent Ventures
Cadent Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Chicago, IL investing in Other, SaaS, AI / ML. The firm typically writes $750K–$3.0M checks and has 2 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $750K–$3.0M
- Portfolio
- 2 companies on record
- Partners
- 7 listed
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- Other, SaaS, AI / ML
- HQ
- Chicago, IL
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-04-01
Pre-Seed, Seed
$750K – $3.0M
2+ companies
7 partners
Investment Thesis
Focuses on enabling next-gen financial infrastructure and operational tools for lean businesses.
How Cadent Ventures invests
Cadent Ventures is a vc firm based in Chicago, IL. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, SaaS, AI / ML. It does not invest in Life Sciences.
Cadent Ventures typically writes checks of $750K–$3.0M per investment.
Cadent Ventures has backed 2 companies in our records, including LedgerIQ, OpsBuilder.
Partners & Team
Paul G. McDermott
Managing Partner
Bruce M. Rothstein
Managing Partner
Joseph R. Dee
Partner
Jennifer S. Cochran
Principal
David Kennedy
Executive Advisor
Daniel Patel
GP
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
Portfolio Companies (2)
Other
LedgerIQ
OpsBuilder
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Other, SaaS, AI / ML — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $750K – $3.0M check.
- •cold outreach ok
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Darin R. Booth, Managing Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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